So the MLM formula is what this place boils down to? Man those poor people working for a little hive have a true hero in you.

Rather than
-invite you family
-write a shill post
-promote the cult

Why not an initiative to boost comments?
ALL newbies can participate and enrich the platform. The post creators could in essence curate comments and recommended them to a committee that votes on them weekly.

That would exist as true engagement and also will stand as a real positive for the platform because posts that get lots of comments exist as excellent reads even after payouts. That value. And... IS WHAT A SOCIAL PLATFORM IS MEANT TO BE!

Do you know that's the MAIN REASON why people walk away from here (and steemit). When their content that they put much effort into sits there like no one gave a crap about it. Because rely, no one gave a crap about it.
There's like a handful of creators here who get a little engagement. The rest sit with zero comments or the bullshit promotion accounts.

Oh and badges.
Yes... "We have badges!"